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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-01-27
A SUGGESTION.

A good joke comes from the Legislature
now in session, of one of our southern
states.
The chaplain of the lower house went
to his confrere of the senate in great eI-
citement one day.
Brother" said he, with tears in his
eyes, 1.-TWO of my members are drunk; you
have little moro experience than myself,
what must do! l feel that it is a per-
sonal disgrace"
"Well, sir" said the religious brother,
who kept Satan away from the senate, 81
have been chaplain of the senate for
several years, and have never yet had a
member drunk. They very often get
sick, but never drunk"
"Brother," returned the other, "you
have lifted load from my breast.
thought that must have been misiR-
formed as to the state of my fuck."
NoTE-The reason for publi9hing this
true story is that it is pregnant with val
uable suggestions. The STATEsMAN feels
confident that the suggestions will never
be needed by the divines Of our legisla-
ture.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-01-27

Lieutenant Governor Wheeler on his re-
tirement from the bench az district judge,
has entirely disappeared and none of its
marks can be found. As the governor is
not used to such treatment, it would be
unfair to say he expects new one until
the chief of police reports the success of
himself and subordiRates in discovering
where the governor has laid down the old
one .
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-01-27
LIVELY LIP SERVICE
The Hayseeds in the House Have
Regular Field Day
Yesterday.
The Willis Investigation Takes a
Definite Shape in the form
of Charges.
Senatorial Talk, and the State and
Federal Machine at work.
other Gossippy Notes.

In the house yesterday there was glo-
rious opportunity for the hayseeds to
sprout. A resolution to allow members to
subscribe for a certain number of news
papers, to be paid for out OF the public
money, was tho meat to chew
upon, and it was we'll masticated.
Mr.. Jones, OF Palo Pinto, who might easily
be taken for preacher of the hard shell
Baptist persuasion, he was heavy on
economy, hard on the newspapers and red
hot for reform. He will, before the end
of She session, be known rs the Great
American Blue Jeans, from Texas, and his
constituents will be posing him for con
Rress in '94.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-01-27
SENATE,
FRIDAYS PRooHRDINas.
Roll call-quorum present.
PRAYER by the chaplain.

Roll call-quorum present.
Prayer by the chaplain.
Senator Abercronbie, from certain citi-
zens of Houston, requesting that no ad-
verse legislation be had against dealing
in futures, or what is commonly known
as bucket shops. 1t is signed by T. w.
House and several business firms of
Houston.
Senator Calhoun, for the special com
mittee on drouth sufferers, reported that
the committee had prepared substitute
for the bill on the subject.
Senator Claiborne, by req aest, pre-
sented memorial from citizens of Gal
weston protesting against the passage of
the bucket shop BILL which he requested
read, as he desired to know the names of
the principal gamblers in his town. 1t
was signed by Adoue q Labit, M. Marx,
William Jenkins, William Sinclair, and
others.
Senator Woods offered a resolution di.
recting the printing committee to in
cure into the delay VI printing the bills
and deli ye,ing the senate journals, and to
make other arrangements, ii necessary,
for having the work speedily done.
Adopted,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-01-27
A STATE CATTLE COMMISSION.

In practical legislation for next week
will be presented in the house a bill to
establish a live stock sanitary commission,
empowered to protect the cattle of Texas
against the introduction and provide for
determination of exotic cattle diseases.
Such a measure has long been needed
in the state. Quarantine laws in adjacent
states and territories have initiated so
long and disastrously against the traffic in
Texas cattle that she must mitigate the
evil arising therefrom by prompt legisla-
tive enactment.
Four years since Texas had accorded
to her by the estimate of best stock rails
ere 100000 cattle; to-day less than
100000. So she has lost 80 per cent in
four years, while beef then sold but
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-25
FRENCH WATER WAYS.
REMARKABLE ENGINEERING TRIUMPH
ON THE SEINE.

Transportation by Water to the Very
Heart of the Sunny Land of France.
How the Headwaters of Two Great
Rivers Are United.
The French engineers have lately COM
pleted q series of locks and dams on the Seine
and Rhone with their headwaters which
practically gives water transportation to the
heart Of France. The topography presented
peculiar difficulties, as it was necessary to Sc
cure water enough in the dryest season and
yet not cause an overflow of the cultivated
valleys at the season Of floods. The French
paper ILLUSTRATION, current number gives a
very interesting account Of these works with
illustrations, Of which translation is ap-
pended:
"Now that the canalization Of the river is
complete" says L ILLUSTRATION, "and steam has
made transportation easy, one can scarce
ly conceive Of the difficulties the an
Gent boatmen experienced in ascending to
Paris Left to itself, the Seine divides
naturally into a series Of basins separated by
shadows. In each basin the depth is con-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-25

these up stream are the flats to stop the water,
and below them tdown streamJ movable braces
,perated by windlass above--all this being
necessary to give quick release in the time of
Hoods and yet secure the great height of water
needed in the basin. In this manner one may
say that the level of the retained water is not
limited, and SO it diminishes the number of
dams needed, being most economical In de-
sign. -....
1.-The dam of Poses is probably the one,
among movable dams both in France and
other countries, which secures the greatest
height of water--5.35 meters ON feet)--and
it maintains depth of III feet through a
basin Al kilometers about 26 miles, long,
though the average length Of the navigabla
basins formed by all the dams Of the Seine
is only 90 kilometers. The important works
which secured these results were planned and
begun by Chief Engineer Camere, then con-
tinued and finished under the direction OF
Engineer Clerc. The depth secured has
already had a noticeable effect on the COM
merce of the Seine, as it has secured the coast
ing trade to Paris, where the steamers after
ascending the river are now regularly moored
at the new quay by the bridge OF Saints
Peresn
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-25

SECTION OF DAM SHOWING FLATS.
"The results obtained by tho works of
canalzation executed between 1855 and 1866
were in 1875 no longer in accoru with Tia,
reeds Of commerce served by the Seine troI.4
Rouen to Paris; and on the iep. l.. tivls OF
Chief Engineers Belgrand and Krantz the
government decided on new works to insure
a minimum depth of 8 90 meters III feet 81
inches) for the entire lower Seine. Even if
the old Poireo system had permitted the
erection of movable dams insuring three
meters, it would have been necessary to make
them much higher for the desired addition,
unless, indeed, the dams We're multiplied to
an unreasonable number. The new system
by which the difficulty is completely over
come was the invention of Chief Engineer
Camera
"The iointed flats las shown in the engrav-
ings), which serve in all the new dams to
stop the water, are composed of q series of
wooden slabs, closely placed side by side and
bound into one flexible flat by hinges at each
end; this fiat can either be unroled so as to
rest against the vertical timbers of the
bridge and thus stop the water, or it can be
rolled up, entirely or partially, to give to the
current whatever passage the state Of water
may require. The unrolling and rolling ur
are effected by means of an endless chain
going around the middle section of the fiexi.
bic fiat r'curtain' in the original French
and operated by little hand windlass, wh.c,
rests upon foot bridge above. The vertica..
dmbers against which the flats rest are O,
two kinds, as the dams are of two systems
those applied on the Poiree plan and thos.
On the plan in use at Poses-the latter bein,
a. the kind in which the jointed flats ars
led up
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-25

s'da~rhln, tho current slow and the progress
Of hoate very easy; but Oh the shadows the
denh o''"1 decreases to seven-tenths of q
nrn+nr TO feet four inches), the current rises
to eight kilometer e, 1895 yards an hour and
the NAV" oc'r mt of a boat is always quite diff
cn1. and sometimes dangerous. The shallow
Tor barr just above the Poses dam was
always the most dreaded, and the entire
population Of Poses, including some 400 men,
was employed in tae work of drawing the
boats over that passage. To the difficulties
of nature had been added those of the many
bridges, and in this connection an old picture
preserved in the church Of Pont de rArche is
Of interest
at represents large number of people, men
and women, in the costumes of Charles IN
and Henry III, drawing boat up stream
under the main arch of the old bridge, which
bridge was constructed In the Ninth century
One can easily see how slow and expensive
such transportation was and commerce
would surely have deserted the river entirely
for the railroads, il the works executed in
this century had not demonstrated the prac-
ticability of cheap and certain water trans
portation.
"The most extensive of these works have
been constructed in pursuance of the law of
1916, to secure q minimum depth of 100
meters 64 feet by canalizing the river by
means of movable dams of a kind de vised by
Engineer in Chief Poiree. The plan. the only
certain and practical one, consists in changing
the natural state of the river into a con.
tinuous series of basins, the movable dam at
the lower end of each basin raising the water
to the needed level at the time of such neces-
'ity, and yet giving it FREQ course at the
season of floods. Locks placed beside the
dams give easy passage to the boats.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-25

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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-25
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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-25


w hat is to become Of Senator Harrison?n
wei, he is now practicing law here in
indianapolis. He has good practice, a com.
.ortable home, and he is worth about $50, 600.
lie has made his own money and he is much
thought OF here. In case be does not get a
place on tho national Republican ticket as
president or vice president he may be nomi.
mated for governor, and there is talk Of thi,
now. One OF Harrison's greatest troubles il
his forgetfuness and his absent mindednesc.
lie Is broad gauge man, but he is not good
mixer, and when he is thinking deeply about
something, as he often docs when he walk,
along the streets, he is opt to pass by his
friends without noticing them. This fact
IS been the ground for the charge that he is
K and aristocratic, when he is neither"
"iow about Jo~McDonald and tho vacant
place on the supreme benchp
u don't believe Mcdonald will get it. He
> an unlucky fellow about such things, and
-honSh he would make good cabinet officer
a good judge, Cleveland will hardly ap-
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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-25
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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-25
Notice to Creditors.
ESTATE OF ARCHIBALD c. WATSON, DxcKAsA

ksTATE OF ARCHIBALD Z. WATSON, DxCKAe10.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned. Al.
ninistrator of the Estate OF Archibald g. WstyOns
deceased to the creditors Of and all persons heytn6
claims against the said deceased, to exhibit thsms
with the necessary vouchers, within fs1S n,Gnths
alter the first public alton OF this notice, TO the
said Administrator. At his place Of business Tn
the town of Broadford. In the County Of Alturas.
Dated at Broadford, Idaho, Msy 10, 1Sx7.
CYRILLE vKRDON,.
Administrator of Estate Of Archibald G. watson.
m10w5 deceased.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-05-12
THINK III NO SIN.
Omceholders Who Pilfor from
Uncle Sam.
Their Children Loaded with school sup.
piles, Etc.

NAsniNGroN, May .. Tho action of tho
tuolic Printer IN causing an inspcction OF
'he baskets OF the employees OF the printing
once before leaving, while apparently prot
" rough on them, Is undoubtedly MstiH.
able. The fact is--it is not pleasant thin,r
To say, but II Is fact-tho fact is. therc ia
TOO much petty pilfcring of this kind in all
the departments. Nobody who has boon
mere any time aud noted the way things 20
ON can doubt II. IL Is something on tho
prime ipio, probably, on which the slaves
lnstited their stealing in ante bellum
times, "Massa's niggcr, Massa's bacon.n
lheso pilferings arc very small, so small
that probably the pilfcrcrs don't think
'hcm worth thinking Of. But they count
up A pad OF note paper (scratch boolO
to-day, a lead pencil To morrow, "A dozen
rubber bands the next day, some ink and
pens and blottcrs and so on. Itdon't seom
much, II is true, and yet I every one of tho
lo,uO Government employees Ina washing
ton gets away with the value of a single
penny day belonging 90 the Govern
mont IL amounts TO $3.50 "A day or almost "A
thousand dollars a week Not only do tho
employees make free with Uncle Sans
good propcrty-and II is always the best
Tor thcir own use, but for the use Of thcir
friends and families. You often see tho
ohiidron of Government employees playing
with balls composed entirely of rubber
bands. These bands arc made of tho very
best rubber, and cost say fifty cents box,
ana II takes couple OF boxes TO make a
ball. Pads, or scratch books for ofico and
school use, 80 like water. The children at
school imbibc the thought that.t Is all right
TO steal from the Government, for they hnd
the sons and daughters of Government ON.
ploycs supplied with pads aud other con-
venicnces for school use from 'thc ofico. -
An artlcss little miss OF ten was complain
ing the other day of tho smallnoss of tho
spelling pad supply at her dcslS "why,
there's Bessie Blank" she said; 'sho has
ever SO many OF 'om-more than she ncods
cause, You sec, her father Is in oflco and
brings them TO her. Thus, not only did
the father deliberately steal from the GOV
ernment which pays him good round
salary but he made his daughter tho re.
cipicnt OF the stolen goods, aud sprend
among the children of hcr acquaintance
the idea that stealing from Government is
permissablc.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-05-12
THE MINE HORROR.
About Ono Hundred and Sovonty
Livos Lost
NV tho Espiosion Ia the Nsnlmo Nine.
An Appeal tor Aid.

NANiNo, II. G., May g. Tho greatest grief
prevails throughout this city. About lO
mon were killed. Ina the recent disaster OF
hose lo1 are white and tho rest Chinese.
Thirty hvc bodies wcrc recovered to-day.
All OF thcm had boon killed by tho fatal
IRE damp. They had made desperate
efforts 10 escape, as waa evidenced by
coats thrown over their heads To keep
OF the flames. Many of them were "a
long way from tho stations Any hopo
that WAS held out FOR tho balance of tho
men has vanished They will probably
bc burned beyond recognition aud will
only be known 10y the places they wcrc
found I'M. The nrc is almost under control
now, and IL all goes well viii soon be- oN.
unguishcd. Forty seven bodies arc left,
and n large number OF children are fathor-
less. Assistance is urgently needed and
IL Is hoped that those moro happily situ.
atod will give Of thoir abundance Ia tho
poor suffering and bcrcnvod people who
are left destitute la this city. Roncf
parties are being organized aud contribu-
tons are coming in
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PERSONAL AND lmpERsonAL.


Queen Victoria acknowledges
through her secretary every poem scnt
to her. She mover reads them
Lady Dunorin Is paying tho cx-
pcnsos of several persons studying la
America for mission work in India.
Christine Nilsson began under Sig
Mcrclli for $500 month. A few year.
later the Signor had TO pay the Swcd-
ish nightingale ~. 800 night
"A London boggnr has ON the card
he wears plastcrcd to his chest tho
wordsi please bostow "a glance and
copper ON ono who can bcstow
neither"
Mrs. Polk. widow ~ James X
PolA. still resides la the old homestead
at Nashville. She Is over eighty years of
age. but is in good health, aud posscsa-
% a memory Of unlmpaircd vigor
kwoh Ilao. the young Emperor ~
China, who has been declared "of ngc"
et sixteen. has assumed tho full rcins
of Government Ills name signifies
Continuation of Glory" ~ Chieago
Hcraid
An organ grinder living In Hoe
bokcn. ~ j., took his snyings. amamt-
ing 10 Sl.O5G. out Of his strong
box ON "Wednesday and gave
them to his son 60 deposit IN u savings
bank. Son has not been heard from
since.
-Lougfollow wns tcndor-hcartcd
boy One day ho followed hs elder
brother, who was natural sportsman.
into the woods for game. lIe camo
homo with his eyes full of tears. be-
cause lac had shot aud Killed "a rubin.
lie never went hunting again. Ciactu-
Hah Times.
The Duke 81 Argyle, father ~ the
Marquis of Lornc aud Lord Colin Camp
bell. is "A small mnn, with big head
/ and the face of mud-cnrtcr. Hc has
n mnss of bushy white hair. his shirt Il
always frnycd 40 the collar. lac inyar-
ably wears rusty frock coat and
! trousers five inches too short
MIR Gladstone" says writer la
the NiHctecHM Century. "is, Of ull not
+ able men have met, about tho least
| able 10 mask hi. emotions. skillha ~
lac Is Ia eloaking his thoughts. Ilo j. a
/ highly emotional man. and there is
/ about him, moreover. something dis
tinctly mosmoric. % - BosfoH Budgck
a physician ia Now York City has
tho following inscription on his bill
heads: A patients gratitude 10 his
doctor Is part Of his disease and is
most declared when the fever IL high
est. cools of during conyalcsccnco aud
entirely disappears with the complete
return to health. All bills due upon
presentation. OGico PERCEPTIONS aud
attendance strictly cash.
A Russian peasant employed ~
watchman ON an estate near Odessa
aroused the ill-fccling Of jews by iiu-
pounding their tray cattle The jew,
decoyed him into barn. where they
immersed their victim several times in
a caldron ~ boiling water. and then
flung him out into neighboring field.
The unfortunate peasant fingered thrco
days in great agony and then died
| ChicogO Times.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-05-12

EARTHQUAKES ECHOES.
Tho Terrible Disaster at Bshispc-Chccr-
fui Prediction of To-, nj Scientists.

Cry on MSNioo, May s,-Tho Govern
mcnt to-day received its first information
regarding the disastrous earthquake ON
The I'd inst at the town OF Bahispc, Ina tho
District OF Moctcuma sonora. bv which
one hundred and Atty persons lost their
hVes. The earthquake occurred at8 30 nm.
AT the same time tho volcanic cruptlons
began IN the ncighhoring mountains, light.
Ing up the SUBMITS for long distance.
The prediction IL made hero by local scicn.
tsts that Mexico ia about To undergo a
general seismic convulsion, aud roccnt
records OF earthquake shocks show TINT
thero - widespread volcanic activity from
one end of Mexico 10 the other.
LAHEpo, May s.-Passongcrs arriving on
tho Monterey train report that great hrcs
are raging on the summit Of the noun.
uins iu many places on both sides OF tho
road. Whether these fires have any con.
necuon with tho recent earthquake dis.
turbanccs In Arizona aud Now Mexico Ia
yet TO bc determined, as the tops OF those
mountains are almost inaccessible.
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Valuable Scientific plsoovnrln,

MrApvmLr, PA, May a. DIR G. G. Car
roll Of this city, after years OF experiment,
has discovered "a method by which alum.
mum can be cast, soldorcd aud woldod IL
IL claimed by mctallurgists aud artisans
that this Is "a very valuable invention,
since ~ insurcs the use OF aluminium
Tor many purposes on account OF
It's extreme liRhtness, strength aud
non-oNidntion by exposure. II is already
succcSsfully employed in the manufac-
ture OF dental plates, for which IL Ia APP
parontly admirably adapted. In tho course
OF his experimenting DR.. Carroll believes
he has also discovered the law governing
the disintcgration of iron stringors em-
ployod In tho construction OF railroad
bridges.
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A Terrific Storm

PiTTsnunou, May 5.-A thunder storm,
accompanied by heavy hail and wind
equal 10 hurricane, passed over tho Al
loghony Mountains In eastern Somorset
and western Bedford Counties between
seven and eight o'clock last evening. a
few moments before tho storm came =
roaring like the discharge Of 80 many eau.
non was heard Ina the distance, aud as
soon as the clouds rolled across tho sky
the roaring increased. Tho storm struck
the mountains moving In northwostoriy
direction, aud was about quarter Of "A
mile wide. For two miles the largo trees
woro twisted on like straws, and every
thing In It's path ironed onto tho earth In
some Instances immense trees were
caught up and carried several hundred
icot INTO the air, aud hurled back again
sCribed